Norwegian neo-shoegazers The Lionheart Brothers and Maribel will be releasing a split remix 12" eneitled "Alternatives" on August 12 via Sirkel Records. Two tracks each, but I have no idea who does the mixing.
Luleå-based electro/hip-hop crew Blänk will be releasing their debut full-length "You've never been to Sápmi" as a free download via music blogs Discobelle and Palms Out Sounds from August 20 through the 27th.Tweet
The cover art and full tracklist for The Bear Quartet's upcoming album "89" has been revealed: http://www.adrianrecordings.com/default.asp?newsid=237
The official release date is September 9 (9/9/9) via Adrian Recordings.
Check out Ison & Fille's new video for "Ikväll är vi kungar" (feat. Birgit Bidder): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCAYAk3idBw&fmt=18
Download the track here: http://www.wonlove.se/?p=876
Aversionline on Finnish hardcore act Ills: http://www.aversionline.com/blahg/2009/07/20/ills-black-dog-7/
Pitchfork reviews the new album "Riceboy sleeps" from Icelandic duo Jónsi & Alex: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13328-riceboy-sleeps/
Don't forget to check out our interview with the group right here.
Here is the It's a Trap! listening group top 10 artists of the week, unique to our group:
01. Mew
02. Jenny Wilson
03. Kristofer Åström
04. Kent
05. Håkan Hellström
06. Montt Mardié
07. Love Is All
08. JJ
09. Sally Shapiro
10. The Bear Quartet
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Here's the playlist for this week's radio show Sirius XMU:
01. Gocart System - Always been the same
02. TALK 1
03. [ingenting] - Halleluja
04. The Kid - Transient dance
05. Thåström - Kort biografi med litet testamente
06. TALK 2
07. Small - Sunshine lover
08. Heroin and Your Veins - The trigger
09. Kongh - Tank pa doden
10. Villebråd - Vaknar aldrig
11. TALK 3
12. Anna Leong - Guillotine
13. Ison & Fille - Jag skrattar idag
14. Dyno - Burning blood
15. TALK 4
16. The Bear Quartet - Sweet beef
17. Entombed - State of emergency
18. Skatan - Top of the mountain
19. Familjen - Mine øyne de ska se
20. TALK 5
21. Suzy Thunder - Big
Reminder: my show airs every week on Sundays and Mondays at 11pm ET on Sirius XMU. That's channel 26 on Sirius, 43 on XM and 831 for DirecTV subscribers.
Drowned in Sound on the UK release of The Tough Alliance's "The new school": http://drownedinsound.com/releases/14520/reviews/4137399
Swedish alt-rock act Lingua are keeping a blog as they record their sophomore album: http://linguamusic.blogspot.com/
Unfortunately I didn't see this until it was already half-over, but Göteborg based indie/experimental music promoter Koloni is currently in San Francisco with a number of acts at the Mission Creek Music & Arts Festival. Go here for full details: http://www.ollehuge.com/test/?p=245
The new [ingenting] single "Halleluja!" begins with a beautiful cascading melody and just gets better from there on out. This is Swedish pop at its absolute best; lush, gorgeous and impassioned. Even if nothing else on the forthcoming album "Tomhet, idel tomhet" comes close to touching this, they can still rest easy at night because few other singles this year have been so immediately gratifying. I posted another arena-ready track earlier today, but this so much bigger. Kent-sized even. Sing it to the rafters, to the skies!
[ingenting] - Halleluja!
This week's top 20 Norwegian album chart:
01. Espen Lind, Kurt Nilsen, Alejandro Fuentes og Askil Holm - Halleluja Live Vol. 2
02. Alexander Rybak - Fairytales
03. A-ha - Foot Of The Mountain
04. Smurfene - Smurfeparty 2
05. Postgirobygget - Øyeblikk
06. Henning Kvitnes - Tid for latskap
07. Narum - Samma Hen Du Fær
08. Lollipop - Lollipop - 50 beste
09. Erik og Kriss - Tabu
10. Röyksopp - Junior
11. Reidar Larsen - Kom in te oss
12. Eriksen - De aller beste
13. Too Far Gone - Sola i ryggen
14. Datarock - Red
15. Aasmund Nordstoga - Ein visefugg
16. Tone Damli Aaberge - I Know
17. BigBang - Edendale
18. Terje Formoe - Hiv o'hoi - Kaptein Sabeltanns beste
19. Vømmøl Spellmannslag - Vømmøl'n
20. Eva & The Heartmaker - Let's Keep This Up Forever
Bloodlights are heading to Japan:
08/30 - Club Acid (Cathouse), Shinjuku, Tokyo
08/31 - Club Mission's, Koenji, Tokyo
09/01 - Rock Joint GB, Kichijoji, Tokyo
09/05 - Sunphonix Hall, Shin-Yokohama, Kanagawa
Finnish act Lodger have a neat new animated video for the song "Go": http://www.lodger.tv/